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Open Court 2000 Themes
Last updated April 29, 2005

This page is a work in progress to support Open Court 2000 instruction.
Note: Links found below are not reviewed. Some links do not work in the sites listed below. Review links. Some excellent sites are found by examining all links. Example: " Meet the Mayors " Student teams can e-mail mayors of different cities.

Searches to find all items below were done using Grokker with search words "Open Court 2000" and "open+court+webquest.

SRA Page http://www.sra4kids.com/index.php/p31/clibrary

Needleman OC Resources.com
http://www.needleworkspictures.com/teaching/

All Themes, by Henry Anker, Elizabeth St. ES
http://alexandria-es10.lausd.k12.ca.us/Staff_Pages/Henry_Anker/OCR_Reading/default.htm (similar to next link)

All Themes, from Plasencia ES
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Plasencia_EL/OCR_Sites (similar to above link)

All Themes, from Local District 5 (a few OC 2002 items)
http://www.lausd.net/district_e/resources/elementary_literacy.htm

Grade 2 - 5 Themes, from San Miguel Avenue Math/Science Magnet
http://san-miguel.lausd.k12.ca.us/learnlinks.htm Also see the 2004 South Gate MS Civil War reinactment unit at:
http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1001367/
Civil War Links - find them at http://san-miguel.lausd.k12.ca.us/

Grade 4 and 5 Themes, from Florence Griffith Joyner ES
http://sfpc.lausd.k12.ca.us/Joyner/programs.htm

Grade 3 Themes, by Ms Santos, Center USD, Antelope, CA
http://www.centerusd.k12.ca.us/~tsantos/page2.html

Training Skills Assessments
http://www.calread.net/assessments/materials.html

Link to OC 2000 Themes List (Word)

Items found and not immediately seen in links above will be added below.
Inform your Local District 8 Coach or Expert on how to forward additional information.

    KINDERGARTEN
FIRST GRADE
SECOND GRADE

1. School
2. Shadows
3. Finding Friends
4. The Wind
5. Stick To It

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1. Look Who’s Reading
2. Animals
3. Our Neighborhood at Work
4. Machines in Our Garden
5. Things That Go
6. Captain Bill Pinkney’s Journey
Bill Pinkney's Journey

7. Games
8. Folktales
9. Keep Trying
10. Being Afraid
11. Homes*

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1. Sharing Stories
2. Kindness
3. Look Again*
4. Fossils*
5. Courage
6. Our Country and Its People*

Animal Camouflage G2
(is this appropriate here?)

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THIRD GRADE FOURTH GRADE FIFTH GRADE

1. Friendship
2. City Wildlife*
City Wildlife
3. Imagination
4. Storytelling
5. Money*
6. Country Life*

Negro Baseball Leagues

 

1. Risks and Consequences
2. Dreams to Jobs*
3. From Mystery to Medicine*
4. Surviving
Habitat Adventure WebQuest
(is this appropriate here?)

5. Communication
6. Trail of Freedom*

Dollars and Sense

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1. Cooperation and Competition
2. Back Through the Stars*
3. Heritage
4. The Civil War*
South Gate MS hosts Civil War reenactment group as an annual event. View the 2004 lesson at:
http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/
exhibits/1001367/
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Civil War Links - find them at:
http://san-miguel.lausd.k12.ca.us/civilwar.htm
5. New Frontiers*
6. Journeys and Quests

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Unplaced items from a Grokker Search:

Jack Schaefer Page (wrote "Shane") - http://www.aristos.org/schaefer/js-page.htm
Louis Torres, who founded and maintains this page, is an independent scholar and critic specializing in the life and work of Jack Schaefer, as well as the philosophy of art. He is co-author of What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand (Open Court, 2000).

About Ayn Rand http://www.aristos.org/aynrand.htm


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